Introduction

In the early 1700s, large landowners were dramatically improving farming methods. Farmers increased the size of their fields and experimented with ways to increase their produce, and used the process of crop rotation by planting a different crop every year in order to preserve the fertility of the land. These methods as well as others led to an agricultural revolution. This agricultural revolution soon paved the way for the Industrial Revolution which occurred during the middle of the 18th century in England and began spreading to Continental Europe and North America. This revolution changed the way people worked because before the Industrial Revolution, machines weren't used to complete everyday tasks such as weaving textiles but beginning at this time, there was a greatly increased output of machine-made goods.

In this chapter (chapter 9) about the Industrial Revolution, I hope to learn more about the inventions that were made during this time and how the revolution had an impact on our world today.

The Industrial Revolution

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